Call to Compassion: Religious Perspectives on Animal Advocacy

by Lisa Kemmerer, Anthony J. Nocella II (Editor)

Overview

Covering doctrine and the lived experience of the world’s religious practitioners, Call to Compassion is a collection of stirring and passionate essays on the place of animals within the philosophical, cultural, and everyday milieus of spiritual practices both ancient and modern. From Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism, through the Abrahamic traditions, to contemporary Wiccan and Native American spirituality, Call to Compassion charts the complex ways we interact with the world around us.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590561829
Publisher:	Lantern Publishing & Media
Publication date:	03/01/2011
Pages:	303
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword Steven M. Wise xiii

Preface: The Time Has Come Stephen R. L. Clark xvii

Acknowledgments xxiii

Introduction Lisa Kemmerer 1

Part 1 Religions of Asia: Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, and Daoist Traditions

1 Indic Traditions and Animals: Imitation, Reincarnation, and Compassion Christopher Key Chapple 15

2 Vaishnava Hinduism: Ahimsa and Vegetarianism Steven J. Rosen 27

3 International Society for Krishna Consciousness: Lord Krishna and the Animals Krishna Kripa Dasa Peter Alan Medley Sarvabhauma Das 37

4 The Jain Center of Southern California: Theory and Practice across Continents Charlotte Laws 49

5 Buddhism and Animal Liberation: A Family of Sentient Beings Norm Phelps 61

6 Buddhist Reflections on Animal Advocacy: Intention and Liberation Matthew J. Walton 73

7 Daoism: From Meat Avoidance to Compassion-Based Vegetarianism Louis Komjathy 83

Part 2 Abrahamic Traditions: Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions

8 Judaism: Global Warming, Animal Products, and the Vegan Mandate Richard H. Schwartz 107

9 Catholic Exemplars: Recent Popes, Medieval Saints, and Animal Liberation Judith Barad 127

10 Christian Mysticism: Unity and Love for All Andrew Fitz-Gibbon 137

11 A Society of Friends (Quaker-Christian) View: Prophets and the Hidden Paradise Gracia Fay Bouwman Ellwood 145

12 Christianity and Scapegoating: Understanding and Responding to Oppression Stephen R. Kaufman 161

13 Islam: Muhammad, Sacred Writings, and Animal Liberation Lisa Kemmerer 171

14 Al-Hafiz B. A. Masri: Muslim, Scholar, Activist-Rebel with a Just Cause Nadeem Haque 185

Part 3 Ancient Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modern Wicca

15 Indigenous Peoples: Kinship and Killing Lisa Kemmerer 199

16 Mother Earth and All Her Children Linda G. Fisher 215

17 Wiccan Spirituality and Animal Advocacy: Perfect Love and Perfect Trust Dianne Sylvan 225

18 Wicca, Ecofeminism, and Animal Advocacy: The Earth Path Less Traveled Fireweed 233

Appendix: Factory Farming and Fishing Lisa Kemmerer 243

Notes 259

Bibliography 271

About The Contributors 295